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Wikipedia: Little Tokyo, also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnic Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and one of only three official Japantowns in the United States, all three of which are in California. (The other two are in San Francisco and San Jose. ) Founded around the beginning of the 20th century, the area, sometimes called Lil' Tokyo, J-Town, 小東京 (Shō-tōkyō), is the cultural center for Japanese Americans in Southern California.
![[The Far East Café , a landmark 1896 Beaux]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/11_11_06_FarEastCafe_LittleTokyo_s.jpg "The Far East Café , a landmark 1896 Beaux")
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![[Downtown Los Angeles from Little Tokyo, with Cathedral of St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/11_11_06_LittleTokyo_StVibiana_LAskyline_s.jpg "Downtown Los Angeles from Little Tokyo, with Cathedral of St")
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![[Astronaut Ellison S]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/11_11_06_LittleTokyo_WellerCourt_s.jpg "Astronaut Ellison S")
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![[The site of the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana: the old cathedral was converted into a performing arts...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/11_11_06_Vibiana_LittleTokyoBranch_s.jpg "The site of the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana: the old cathedral was converted into a performing arts...")
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![[Koyasan Buddhist temple in Little Tokyo]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Koyasan_Buddhist_Temple_Little_Tokyo_Los_Angeles_s.jpg "Koyasan Buddhist temple in Little Tokyo")
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![[A typical scene in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/11_11_06_LittleTokyo_scene_s.jpg "A typical scene in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood")
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